Michael Springer

7.0k citations

72 papers · 4.0k · 2 hit papers · h-index 28

Impact in

Molecular Biology top 2%
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Gene Regulatory Network Analysis
- Fungal and yeast genetics research
- Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
- RNA Research and Splicing
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
- RNA modifications and cancer
Aging top 5%

Papers in

Molecular Biology 42
- Fungal and yeast genetics research 12
- Gene Regulatory Network Analysis 11
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics 7
- Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction 7
- RNA Research and Splicing 6
Infectious Diseases 8
- SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing 7

Co-authors: Ron Milo (3 shared papers)Paul Jorgensen (1 shared paper)Uri Moran (1 shared paper)Griffin M. Weber (1 shared paper)Marc W. Kirschner (7 shared papers)John Ingraham (2 shared papers)Hanno Steen (4 shared papers)Chris Sander (2 shared papers)
Journals: PLoS Biology (5 papers)PLoS Computational Biology (4 papers)Cell (4 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (4 papers)eLife (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany Israel

In The Last Decade

Michael Springer

66 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Michael Springer's Hit Papers

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Mutation effects predicted from sequence co-variation 2017 · 480 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2017 Nature Biotechnology
2009 Nucleic Acids Research

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1	BioNumbers—the database of key numbers in molecular and cell biology Nucleic Acids Research ·Ron Milo, Paul Jorgensen, Uri Moran, Griffin M. Weber, Michael Springer Hit paper breakdown →	2009	759
2	Mutation effects predicted from sequence co-variation Nature Biotechnology ·Thomas A. Hopf, John Ingraham, Frank J. Poelwijk, Charlotta Schärfe, Michael Springer, Chris Sander, Debora S. Marks Hit paper breakdown →	2017	480
3	Viral Discovery and Sequence Recovery Using DNA Microarrays PLoS Biology ·David Wang, Anatoly Urisman, Yu‐Tsueng Liu, Michael Springer, Thomas G. Ksiazek, Dean D. Erdman, Elaine R. Mardis, Matthew T. Hickenbotham, Vincent Magrini, James M. Eldred, J. Latreille, Richard K. Wilson, Don Ganem, Joseph L. DeRisi	2003	375
4	A Mutation in the β3 Subunit of the Cardiac Sodium Channel Associated With Brugada ECG Phenotype Circulation Cardiovascular Genetics ·Dan Hu, Héctor Barajas-Martínez, Elena Burashnikov, Michael Springer, Yuesheng Wu, András Varró, Ryan Pfeiffer, Tamara T. Koopmann, Jonathan M. Cordeiro, Alejandra Guerchicoff, Guido D. Pollevick, Charles Antzelevitch	2009	201
5	Stable isotope-free relative and absolute quantitation of protein phosphorylation stoichiometry by MS Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Hanno Steen, Judith A. Jebanathirajah, Michael Springer, Marc W. Kirschner	2005	177
6	Genetic Redundancy: New Tricks for Old Genes Cell ·Ran Kafri, Michael Springer, Yitzhak Pilpel	2009	141
7	An enhanced isothermal amplification assay for viral detection Nature Communications ·Jason Qian, Sarah A. Boswell, Christopher Chidley, Zhixiang Lu, Mary E. Pettit, Benjamin L. Gaudio, Jesse Fajnzylber, Ryan T. Ingram, Rebecca Ward, Jonathan Z. Li, Michael Springer	2020	132
8	A general lack of compensation for gene dosage in yeast Molecular Systems Biology ·Michael Springer, Jonathan S. Weissman, Marc W. Kirschner	2010	106
9	The Signal Sequence Coding Region Promotes Nuclear Export of mRNA PLoS Biology ·Alexander F. Palazzo, Michael Springer, Yoko Shibata, Chung‐Sheng Lee, Anusha P. Dias, Tom A. Rapoport	2007	99
10	Galactose metabolic genes in yeast respond to a ratio of galactose and glucose Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Renan Escalante-Chong, Yonatan Savir, Sean M. Carroll, John Ingraham, Jue Wang, Christopher J. Marx, Michael Springer	2015	96
11	FLEXIQuant: A Novel Tool for the Absolute Quantification of Proteins, and the Simultaneous Identification and Quantification of Potentially Modified Peptides Journal of Proteome Research ·Sasha A. Singh, Michael Springer, Judith A. Steen, Marc W. Kirschner, Hanno Steen	2009	96
12	A Chromatin-Based Mechanism for Limiting Divergent Noncoding Transcription Cell ·Sebastian Marquardt, Renan Escalante-Chong, Nam Pho, Jue Wang, L. Stirling Churchman, Michael Springer, Stephen Buratowski	2014	90
13	Natural Variation in Preparation for Nutrient Depletion Reveals a Cost–Benefit Tradeoff PLoS Biology ·Jue Wang, Esha Atolia, Bo Hua, Yonatan Savir, Renan Escalante-Chong, Michael Springer	2015	89
14	Mutations in LYRM4, encoding iron–sulfur cluster biogenesis factor ISD11, cause deficiency of multiple respiratory chain complexes Human Molecular Genetics ·Sze Chern Lim, Martin Friemel, Justine E. Marum, Elena J. Tucker, Damien L. Bruno, Lisa G. Riley, John Christodoulou, Edwin P. Kirk, Avihu Boneh, Christine M. DeGennaro, Michael Springer, Vamsi K. Mootha, Tracey A. Rouault, Silke Leimkühler, David R. Thorburn, Alison G. Compton	2013	88
15	Profiling of Ubiquitin-like Modifications Reveals Features of Mitotic Control Cell ·Yifat Merbl, Phillipe Refour, Hevan Patel, Michael Springer, Marc W. Kirschner	2013	88
16	Proteotoxicity from aberrant ribosome biogenesis compromises cell fitness eLife ·Blake Tye, (unknown), Lillia V. Ryazanova, Martin Wühr, Michael Springer, David Pincus, L. Stirling Churchman	2019	85
17	Partially Phosphorylated Pho4 Activates Transcription of a Subset of Phosphate-Responsive Genes PLoS Biology ·Michael Springer, Dennis D. Wykoff, Nicole S. Miller, Erin K. O’Shea	2003	83
18	SnapShot-Seq: A Method for Extracting Genome-Wide, In Vivo mRNA Dynamics from a Single Total RNA Sample PLoS ONE ·Jesse Gray, David A. Harmin, Sarah A. Boswell, Nicole Cloonan, Thomas E. Mullen, Joseph J. Ling, Nimrod Miller, Scott Kuersten, Yongchao Ma, Steven A. McCarroll, Sean M. Grimmond, Michael Springer	2014	75
19	Accurate concentration control of mitochondria and nucleoids Science ·Rishi Jajoo, Yoonseok Jung, Dann Huh, Matheus P. Viana, Susanne M. Rafelski, Michael Springer, Johan Paulsson	2016	73
20	Different phosphorylation states of the anaphase promoting complex in response to antimitotic drugs: A quantitative proteomic analysis Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Judith A. Steen, Hanno Steen, Ann B. Georgi, Kenneth C. Parker, Michael Springer, Marc Kirchner, Fred A. Hamprecht, Marc W. Kirschner	2008	71

About Michael Springer

Michael Springer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Genetics, Biomedical Engineering and Cell Biology, having authored 72 papers that have together received 4.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Fungal and yeast genetics research (12 papers), Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (11 papers), SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing (7 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (7 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (7 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (6 papers), Biosensors and Analytical Detection (5 papers) and Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (2.9k citations), Aging (46 citations), Genetics (521 citations), Cell Biology (296 citations) and Spectroscopy (299 citations). Michael Springer has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Israel. Frequent co-authors include Ron Milo, Paul Jorgensen, Uri Moran, Griffin M. Weber, Marc W. Kirschner, John Ingraham, Hanno Steen, Chris Sander, Frank J. Poelwijk and Charlotta Schärfe. Their work appears in journals such as PLoS Biology, PLoS Computational Biology, Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and eLife.

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